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Message from discussion Corporate Capitalism is not democracy

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On Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:31:01 -0400, Orval Fairbairn
<orfairba...@earthlink.net> wrote:

>Unions have evolved into businesses themselves, often losing sight of 
>their original intent, which was to represent the membership. When union 
>bosses pull in 7-figure salaries plus benefits, it a rather hard pill to 
>swallow that "Unions are nothing more than an middleclass workers 
>attempt to have a say," rather than another bull elephant in the fight 
>to trample the ground.

Those officials are elected.

What's your problem with democracy?